Deep Sidhu

Deep Sidhu was born on 2 April 1984 (or 1979, per his driving licence), to a Punjabi family in Udekaran village of Muktsar district of Punjab. His father Sardar Surjit Singh Sidhu was a lawyer; his mother died when he was 4 years old. He has two brothers – Surjeet and Mandeep Singh. He obtained a degree in law from Punjabi University in Patiala. He dated Punjabi actress Reena Rai who was also his co-star in two of his movies. He worked in legal positions for a few years, as a legal advisor to Sahara India Pariwar, in the British legal firm Hammonds, and as the legal head of Balaji Telefilms. Later, he founded a law firm Lex Legal in Mumbai. He made his acting debut in Ramta Jogi, which brought him the PTC Punjabi Film Award for Best Male Debut in Punjabi Cinema in 2016. He rose to greater prominence with Jora 10 Numbaria (2017), in which he played the lead role of a gangster, making him a star. He followed that with Rang Panjab (2018), Desi (2019), Jora: The Second Chapter (2020) and Saade Aale (2022). The release of Jora: The Second Chapter, which was a sequel to the successful Jora 10 Numbaria, was affected by the COVID-19 lockdowns in India. Saade Aale was released in April 2022, two months after his death.